All-America Selections has named the ‘Cayennetta’ pepper a Vegetable Award Winner for 2012. Here’s what you need to know to grow this mildly spicy pepper.

On March 12 I jump some of the ‘ Cayennetta ’ seed All - America Selections ship for me to trial in my garden and they ’re just beginning to bourgeon . I ’m already appear forward to pick these peppers this summer .

I ’ve grown other All - America Selections ( AAS ) achiever in the past tense and have n’t been disappoint yet . I ’ve grown a container of Holy Molé ’ hybrid pasilla - eccentric peppers that made a memorable mole ( MOH - lay ) sauce several season ago . Last summer I grew the two cherry tomato winners:‘Lizzano’and ‘ Terenzo ’ with evenly tasty event .

AAS is a non - profit arrangement dedicated to testing raw garden seed varieties , selecting the very best as AAS winners and then introduce them to gardeners to grow in their own garden .

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‘ Cayennetta ’ is one of two vegetable winners named for 2012 . The other winner is an unusual ‘ Faerie ’ watermelon that has a endearing creamy - yellow rind that contrasts beautifully with its lustrous pinkish insides . An ornamental pepper , ‘ blackened Olive ’ , is a Flower Award winner for its non-white foliage and purple - black peppers that ripen to brilliant red .

Because I love grow new capsicum , I ’m excited to prove ‘ Cayennetta ’ in my patio container garden . It ’s said to be very easy to acquire , even for beginning gardener . ‘ Cayennetta ’ has a bushy habit and raise to over 2 feet marvellous and feature 3 - 4 - inch sharpen yield .

The AAS trial jurist selected ‘ Cayennetta ’ a success for a numeral of reasons :

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The ‘Cayennetta’ pepper is one of two All-America Selections vegetable winners for 2012.Photo/Illustration: All-America Selections

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